A Sitka nonprofit has filed an application to the city for a public vote on cruise ship tourism limits for Sitka.
Seeking cruise passenger limits less than those recently adopted by the city. The limits being proposed are up to 300,000 cruise visitors per year, a limit of 4,500 a day, and no more than six days a week. No ships may be scheduled outside the cruise season (defined as May 1-September 30).
This is so sad, as our small ships bring no more than 100 passengers to Sitka. Those 100 passengers are not running into the city to the gold stores. For the most part they are touring activities connected to the culture of Sitka which has deep roots in Alaskan history.
